The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-06-10

this object i'm view, and in line with all my
previous utterances and Opinions OH this
most important subjeck which have fire.
qtiently expressed. in the newspapers and i'll
my speeches Oh the floor of the house as often
as / could get the chance, l made IN my
mind to travel III Europe and on the conti-
nent this summer, and as 1t wair, sampel
the ''effeet nationalities of the east" for
future reference.
Believing also that home government should
not he overlooked or neg ertetl enduring of the
time needcessary i'll making such trip, con
cluded to take along with ne Mandy, tile
wife of my bosom, who has been tower of
strength to me in the midst of ai my political
triles and tr.bulatons, notwithstanding the
fact that up to the present writing she hain't
never cast q vote, nor don't want to, as far
as ever have heertl her say Right here let
me remark, Mr. Editor, that in my humble
oppinon good wife is tn best balance wheel
either member of congress or plain, ordi-
nary citizen of our great and glorious re-
public can possibly git hold of. Mandy has
been that sort of wife to me fer a good
many yeIs, and ef it ladnt been for her | am
almighty certain / wouln't have been the
repperesentitve man am to-day. or course,
a member of congress has got to fly the
track sometimes to meet the demands of q
norton of his constituents, for politics amt
the eleanest business i'm the world. but fly ing
the track and staying flew, and doing it tenn
porarily and getting back to work again is two
very different things. and you can bet yoke
of steers that good wife won't let man
stay flew long, unless he amt wutll silurks,
and not always then. Women is mighty
aueer in their sublime devotion to an olery
cIss of husband.
Nav be you seen by The Washington
Critic how the prominent citizens of the cap
ital give us send off. Well, after nice trip
we landed i'll New York city, where We bought
n lot of stuff for the voyage-about twie as
much as was needed, because we We're green
and took the advice of the man who had the
stuff to sell-and then went on board the
steamer Rlisetia. of the Hamburg American
line, at o'clock in the afternoon, both of us
with our minds made up that we were going
to be powerful seasick, ana dreading it like
], tow headed boy breads vermifuge.
A statesman should be a statesman before
or behind the people, and | believe foller
that lead purity close. In this case done it.
and when Mandy suggested that we ought to
mt OH more style and go by some of them
gilt edged English steamers, I closed the de-
bate by calling to her mind that the German
vote was getting to be a power in the land,
eff it wasn't already that away, and on that
account the German line, which brings the
most Germans to Americy, ought to be our
choice, and she seen my superior wisdom at
onct and excepted the situation.
Women is greater than men, on morals,
but they amt patchin to us when it comes
to politics, and there's no tellin when the
presidential hornet is going to light ON to
congressman's hat
Aside from politics, though, we found the
officials and subordinates on the RhRtia so
all fired accommodating that I begun to
think the whole crew had an idee of settling
in Americy after the next trip, and running
for office themselves.
AS we sailed down the bay, plowing up the
blue waters and slowly leaving the land our
forefathers fit, bled and died for, / stood on
the deck of our majestic vessel, and with
Mandy's hand in mine, opened out as if
i was on the floor of the house Before / had
spoke ten words Mandy stopped me.
aBash Waxem," she said, just as il we had
been at home on our Wayback farm, "don't
be fool; you amt the first congressman that
ever sailed away from his native land, and
the country our forefathers fit. bled ard
died for will stay just where it IS whether
you air out of it or in 1t.
There amt no appeal. I've learned after
yels of exaerience, against Manays desicions
and discontinued my remarks much 70 my
disappointment, for had studied up very
able farewell address for the occasion.
Friday we begun to git acquainted with cur
German fellow travellers, and as most OF them
came from the west and were well to do peo-
pie. III, in politics, business and farming, we
got along about as well as If we had been
right ut home It was e glorious day, with
bright sunshine overhead and smooth sea
ulrler foot, and we almost forgot the sen
sickness We had been looking for.
Friday night went like the first one, but
when we looked at the weather Saturday
morning the sky was gray as rae and the
sea was beginning to look like the Hell fer
Sarten river during spring fresh, but not
nigh So muddy BY dinner time wasn't
Bit hungry, and the smell of the cooking
kind Of riied me clean down to the toes OF
my boots. Everything had tasted nliohty